CLETS CORE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How long is the retention period for firearm records entered as Safekeeping, Under
Observation, Lost or Stolen, and Buy? - ✔✔Indefinitely or unit cancelled.
✔✔The NLETS supports direct inquiries into what types of state files? - ✔✔All of the
above.
✔✔The automated Archive System (AAS) can be accessed to provide digital images of
what information? - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔Unique inscription data should be entered in what field to make it searchable? -
✔✔OAN
✔✔Users may access state/FBI CJIS systems and disseminate FBI CJI data for all
governmental and information technology purposes. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Local law enforcement agencies may enter subjects into which of the Supervised
Release File (SFR) indices? - ✔✔Career Criminal
, ✔✔Social Engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or
divulging confidential information, often for purposes of obtaining unauthorized access
to a computing system. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What data is available to agencies employing License Plate Reader technology for
downloading to mobile terminals? - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔When is it acceptable to enter a record into the Supervised Release File (SFR)
production database training and testing purpose? - ✔✔NEVER- use the SRF
test/training message keys
✔✔Access to INTERPOL records via the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (NLETS) provides information on international wanted
persons, stolen vehicles, and stolen travel documents. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Information obtained from the Interstate Identification Index (III) is not considered
Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Photographs and dental X-rays of missing persons should be sent to the Missing
and Unidentified Persons (MUPS) Unit on all open cases - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A vehicle query forwarded to the NCIC with the License Plate State and the License
Plate Number will return matches of felony vehicles that have been searched against
both the licensing state and plate number. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies shall not use any non-criminal
history information contained within databases accessed through CLETS, other
California DOJ criminal justice information systems, as well as local law enforcement
agency databases for immigration enforcement purposes. This restriction does not
pertain to any information that is regarding a person's immigration or citizenship status
pursuant to U.S.C. 1373 and 1644. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What types of property are found in the Automated Property System (APS)? -
✔✔Serialized property and non-serialized property with unique inscriptions.
✔✔The policy recommendations is Information Bulletin 18-10-CJIS, California Values
Act's Database Guidance, should be applied to all law enforcement agencies equally,
regardless of whether they are federal, state, or local law enforcement. Federal
immigration authorities should not be denied access to law enforcement databases
solely based on their status as federal immigration authority, so long as they comply
with policies governing use of the database. - ✔✔TRUE
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How long is the retention period for firearm records entered as Safekeeping, Under
Observation, Lost or Stolen, and Buy? - ✔✔Indefinitely or unit cancelled.
✔✔The NLETS supports direct inquiries into what types of state files? - ✔✔All of the
above.
✔✔The automated Archive System (AAS) can be accessed to provide digital images of
what information? - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔Unique inscription data should be entered in what field to make it searchable? -
✔✔OAN
✔✔Users may access state/FBI CJIS systems and disseminate FBI CJI data for all
governmental and information technology purposes. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Local law enforcement agencies may enter subjects into which of the Supervised
Release File (SFR) indices? - ✔✔Career Criminal
, ✔✔Social Engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or
divulging confidential information, often for purposes of obtaining unauthorized access
to a computing system. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What data is available to agencies employing License Plate Reader technology for
downloading to mobile terminals? - ✔✔All of the above.
✔✔When is it acceptable to enter a record into the Supervised Release File (SFR)
production database training and testing purpose? - ✔✔NEVER- use the SRF
test/training message keys
✔✔Access to INTERPOL records via the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (NLETS) provides information on international wanted
persons, stolen vehicles, and stolen travel documents. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Information obtained from the Interstate Identification Index (III) is not considered
Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Photographs and dental X-rays of missing persons should be sent to the Missing
and Unidentified Persons (MUPS) Unit on all open cases - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔A vehicle query forwarded to the NCIC with the License Plate State and the License
Plate Number will return matches of felony vehicles that have been searched against
both the licensing state and plate number. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies shall not use any non-criminal
history information contained within databases accessed through CLETS, other
California DOJ criminal justice information systems, as well as local law enforcement
agency databases for immigration enforcement purposes. This restriction does not
pertain to any information that is regarding a person's immigration or citizenship status
pursuant to U.S.C. 1373 and 1644. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What types of property are found in the Automated Property System (APS)? -
✔✔Serialized property and non-serialized property with unique inscriptions.
✔✔The policy recommendations is Information Bulletin 18-10-CJIS, California Values
Act's Database Guidance, should be applied to all law enforcement agencies equally,
regardless of whether they are federal, state, or local law enforcement. Federal
immigration authorities should not be denied access to law enforcement databases
solely based on their status as federal immigration authority, so long as they comply
with policies governing use of the database. - ✔✔TRUE
